jeudi 17 avril 2003

Guns, wine and Rozes (TFM/Emilie de la Hosseraye) Two armed convicts make a break from a police van and find shelter with a family in a quiet, small and sunny French provincial town. They wind up staying for a 15th wedding anniversary dinner. During the evening, the Rozes turn out to be far more dangerous and inclined to unleash their fancies than the unexpected guests. 'Bienvenue chez les Rozes' is one of those delicious, unpretentious French black comedies panned by most highbrow critics but extremely popular with le grand public. It got an age-unrestricted rating. Marianne took me to see it, not the other way round, but while she laughed a lot, she finally enjoyed it less than I did. The murder and mayhem doesn't come quite where you expect it, there's blood all over the shop (no shock images, though, hence the rating); but Carole Bouquet as mum shows a great deal of leg and Clémence Poésy, the oh-so-sweet daughter, gets to display her own curves and a little mild perversion in a brief bedroom exhibition guaranteed to make a younger teenager squirm in her seat. Ah, and the uses given to one of those new iMacs and webcams liberally planted chez les Rozes by a decidedly delinquent son ... well, this is scarcely la petite bourgeoisie exposed by the likes of a Claude Chabrol, but there's plenty of fun. A host of nice little cameo roles (such as the one given Yoland Moreau, as the ill-fated cleaning lady pictured with Bouquet) add to the entertainment. 11:16:42 AM  link   your views? []

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